Malakand Division
Malakand Division
ملاکنڈ ڈویژن ملاکنډ څانګه | ||
|---|---|---|
Province  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
| Headquarters | Batkhela | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Divisional Administration | |
| • Commissioner | N/A | |
| • Regional Police Officer | N/A | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 32,007 km2 (12,358 sq mi) | |
| Population (2017) | ||
| • Total | 8,608,378 | |
| Website | cmd | |
Malakand Division is an administrative
CNIC code of Malakand Division is 15. [1]
Districts
- Bajaur District
- Buner District
- Central Dir District
- Upper Chitral District
- Lower Chitral District
- Lower Dir District
- Upper Dir District
- Malakand District
- Shangla District
- Swat District
History
Until 1970 the area was known as the
Chitral Tehsil.[3]
New Division
In December 2021 Chief Minister Mahmood Khan announced that Malakand Division would be divided into two separate divisions in order to improve the services and to facilitate the people. the proposed name for the new division is "Dir or Panjkora" division.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Profile of Pakistan's Tribal Areas
- ^ "Chitral bifurcated into two districts". Chitral bifurcated into two districts - Chitral Today. Chitral Today. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Malakand to be divided into two separate divisions: Mahmood". 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Govt urged to start process to create Dir division". 13 August 2022.
- ^ "PHC moved for bifurcation of Malakand division". 22 April 2022.
35°30′N 72°00′E / 35.500°N 72.000°E
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